Washing-machine.



J. G. SEELIG.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 22. 1915.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

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WASHING-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (rot. 31, 1916.

Application filed October 22, 1915. Serial No. 57,221.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN G. SEELIG, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Ripon, in the county of Fond duLac and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements inVVashingdflachines, of which the following is a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of thisspecification.

The invention relates to washing machines.

The invention is designed more particularly to provide a washingmachinein which the agitating elements are a pair of pounders verticallyreciprocable within the wash tub and so spaced from each other and fromthe sidesof the tub as to efficiently accomplish the washing operationwithout the use of any mechanism for revolving or oscillating them.

The invention further designs to provide a washing machine in which apair of pounders are alternately vertically reciprocated and so disposedwith respect to each other and the walls of the tub that the clotheswill always come in contact with them while they move up and down withinthe tub.

The invention is further designed to provide a pair of pounders andmechanism for alternately vertically reciprocating said .pounders, whichmechanism consists of parts located on the lid of the machine, therebeing an absence of gears on that part of the mechanism located on thelid which makes the machine very quiet.

The invention is further designed to provide a washing machine with twoalternately vertically reciprocating pounders whereby there will betwice the agitation than in a one pounder type with the same speed ofthe operating handle, the two pounders will counter-balance each otherand thus make the machine easier to operate.

The invention is further designed to provide a new and improved form ofwashing machine. 7

The invention consists in several features hereinafter set forth andmore particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of the device embodying theinvention, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectiontaken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The device comprises a long and narrow tub 10 provided with a supportingframe work 11 and having an open top for which a cover 12 is provided,agitating means carried by the cover and adapted to be disposed withinthe tub, and mechanism for operating said agitating means.

The rectangular cover 12 fits within and is hinged to the upper openrectangular top 13 of the frame by hinges 14: and 15. The pintle orshaft 16 of the hinge 15 projects outwardly therefrom and serves as astud shaft for a driving gear wheel 17 which is mounted on its outerend. The pintle 16 is also journaled in a bearing bracket 18 which isbolted to the top of the frame and is provided with a downwardlyextending side portion 18 having a horizontally proj ecting stud shaft20 upon which a fly wheel 19 is journaled. A pinion 21 journaled on thestud shaft 20 and forming part of or turning with the fly wheel 19meshes with the gear 17 .and is driven thereby. The cover 12 is providedwith a combined latch and handle 12 for convenience in lifting the coverand for securing it in closed position.

It will be noted that the hinge lt is in axial alinement with the hinge15 and the bearing of the bracket 18, the hinge 15 turning on the shaft16 as its pintle, so that when the cover with its mechanism is raised,the shaft 16 will be partly turned but the fly wheel will not be liftedas it is mounted on the frame of the machine.

A bracket 22 mounted on the top corner adjacent the pintle 16 has an arm23 extending outwardly and downwardly and carrying a stud shaft 24. Athree arm bell crank lever 25 is fulcrumed on the shaft 21 and the innerend 26 of this lever is pivotally connected to one end of .a link27which is pivotally connected at-its other end to awristpin 28 projectingfrom the driving gear 17. The outwardly and upwardly extending arms 29and 29 are of tubular socket form to receive the end of the operatinghand lever 30 which may be used in connection with either of said arms.

The agitating means comprises a-pair of pounders 31 of any desirableform for engaging the clothes within the tub, mounted on verticallydisposed shafts ,32 which are slidably mounted within the cover 12 andin shafts of said cover.

. wrist pin 28 and gear 17.

a longitudinally extending bearing bracket 33 mounted on the centralportion of the top As previously pointed out, the tub 10 is long andnarrow and the pounders 31 are so disposed with respect to each otherand to the walls of the tub that the clothes will always come in Contactwith them while they move up and down within the tub and so that theymay efficiently accomplish the washing operation without the use of anymechanism for revolving or oscillating them. 7

Means are provided for guiding each of said shafts 32 and consists oflaguide member 34 mounted on the end of each shaft 32 and provided withapertured extensions 35 and upright guide'rods 36 mounted on the ends ofthe bracket 33 are slidably disposed within the aperture 37 of theextensions 35 whereby each shaft 32 will have a straight up and downmovement within the cover and tub.

The'mechanism for operating the agitatingn'ieans comprises mechanism foralter-- nately' vertically reciprocating the pounder- 32. This comprisesmeans for continuously rotating the pintle 16 and means operativelyconnected to the shaft or pintle 16 ,for alternately verticallyreciprocating the shafts 32. 1

The means for continuously rotating the shaft 16 consists of the lever25, link 27 The oscillation of the lever, through the oscillation of theoperating handle 30, will, through the connections just described,continuously rotate the shaft 16.

The means 'operatively connected to the shaft 16foralternately.vertically reciprocating the shafts 32 comprises a crank38 mounted on the inner end of the shaft 16, a link39 pivotallyconnected at one end to said crank and pivotally connectedat its otherend to a crank 40 mounted on a shaft 41 journaled in. the forked arms 42of the bracket 33, a connecting member 43 mounted intermediateits endsupon said shaft 41 and provided with oppositely disposed arms 44 havingbores 45 therein, and means for connecting said member 43 to the shafts32. This means comprises plungers 46, the stems 47 of which are slidablymounted in the bores 45 and the forked heads 48 of Which are pivotallysecured to the shafts 32 by pins 49 passing through them and through themembers 34 secured to the shafts 32. The continuous rotation of theshaft 16 will, through the crank 38, link 39, crank 40, shaft 41, member43, plungers 46 and members 34 alternately vertically reciprocate themem 'ber 34 on the guide rods 36 and consequently alternately movethe-shaft 32 and pounders power it is only necessary to run a beltaround the fly wheel from the source of motion and drive in the ordinarymanner.

It will be noted that the operative connection of the two pounders withthe oscillating shaft 41 for alternate reciprocation produces awell-balanced construction which makes the machine easier to operatethan those of the single pounder type.

The invention thus exemplifies a washing machine in which the washingoperation is accomplished by a pair of alternately verticallyreciprocated pounders.

am aware that numerous changes may be made in practicing my invention bythose who are skilled in the art without departing from the scopethereof expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to belimited, unless necessary to the constructions I have shown anddescribed. V

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a washing machine, thecombination, with a tub provided with a cover, of an oscillatory shaftmounted on the cover, a member carried by said shaft and provided witharms extending on opposite sides of said shaft and having bores therein,plungers slidably mounted within said bores, pounder shafts verticallyslidably mounted. in said cover and pivotally connected to saidplungers, vertical guide rods carried by said cover, guide memberscarried by said pounder shafts and slidably mounted on said rods, andpounders carried by said pounder shafts.

2. In a washing machine, the combination with a tub provided with acover, of a revoluble cranked shaft mounted on the tub, a cranked shaftmounted on the cover, a link connecting said shafts together to impart avertical oscillatory movement to the shaft on the cover during thecontinuous rotation of the driven shaft, a member secured to the covercranked shaft and having hollow ends, plungers slidably mounted withinthe hollow ends of said member, pounder shafts vertically slidablymounted in the cover and mo vided with pounders, vertical guide postsmounted on the cover, and guide members secured to said pounder shaftsand slidably mounted on said guide posts and pivotally connected to saidplungers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. SEELIG.

lVitnesses EDA HorrMANN, IRENE HAWLEY.

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